(Headline USA) The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage.
The Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and to weather changes in technology and user...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The State Department on Tuesday approved a potential $3 billion F-15 fighter jet sustainment deal for Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration is fulfilling its pledge to sell Riyadh a large number of weapons.
The latest deal came less than a week after the State Department moved...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Dozens of Republicans are demanding that the U.S. Senate take up House-passed legislation implementing election security reforms – and they’re willing to restructure filibuster rules to ensure it succeeds.
The SAVE Act passed the lower chamber with slim bipartisan support last April. The bill...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) On Tuesday, February 3, host Chris Marcus brought Stefan Gleason back to Arcadia Economics after the prior Friday’s historic silver meltdown.
Stefan Gleason is the President and CEO of Money Metals Exchange, one of the largest online precious-metals dealers in the United States. He...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly released emails between U.S. Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett and Jeffrey Epstein directly contradict her past denials of having a close relationship with the late convicted sex offender.
The emails, included in recently released DOJ documents, show Plaskett referring to Epstein as a “friend” and sharing...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. House passed a critical government funding package along bipartisan lines in a nail-biter Tuesday vote, sending it to the president’s desk.
Once President Donald Trump signs the legislation into law, Congress will have knocked out 11 of the 12 appropriations bills for...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) When the price of gold plunged on Friday, Chinese investors lined up at the only Singapore bank selling gold products to retail customers to take advantage of the dip.
The underscores a fundamental dynamic in this gold bull market – regular people want the...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Are you worried that the big sell-off in gold and silver is the end of the bull market?
I’m not, for reasons I have already articulated. And many mainstream analysts don’t seem to be concerned either.
Reuters recently published an article headlined, “Gold’s bull run seen intact...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Justice Department's release of millions of Epstein investigation documents has brought renewed attention to a 2004 controversy over online antisemitism, revealing correspondence from Elisabeth Maxwell addressing the issue.
Chris Menahan of Information Liberation observed on Twitter, “Epstein Files: Elisabeth Maxwell—the wife of Ghislaine Maxwell's father,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Elon Musk sent $10 million flowing into Republican midterm fundraising efforts last month, marking his return as a major force in GOP politics after a prolonged and very public falling out with President Donald Trump.
The Tesla and SpaceX chief split his contribution evenly, sending $5...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Medi-Cal is paying an estimated $608 million per month for cooking, shopping, cleaning, and laundry services for elderly and disabled low-income California residents – including illegal immigrants – at their homes and mostly paid to their relatives, state records show.
These services are part of...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth metals, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks.
The White House confirmed on Monday the start...